System, method, and computer program product for scheduling burst profile changes based on minislot count

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EP 1 223 692 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	05.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/45

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/29

(21)	Application number: 02250204.1

(22)	Date of filing: 11.01.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04B 7/26, H04L 1/00, H04L 12/24

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

12.01.2001 US 261273 P
18.06.2001 US 881734

(71)	Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
	Irvine, CA 92618-3616 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Hollums, A. Scott Duluth, Georgia 30096 (US) Pantelias, Nikki R. Duluth, Georgia 30096 (US) Ferguson, David A. Atlanta, Georgia 30346 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jehle, Volker Armin, Dipl.-Ing.
	Patentanwälte Bosch, Graf von Stosch, Jehle, Flüggenstrasse 13 80639 München 80639 München (DE)

(54)	System, method, and computer program product for scheduling burst profile changes based on minislot count

(57) A system and method are presented for changing physical layer (PHY) parameters in a PHY device of a communications system. New parameters are written to a first-in first-out queue in a serial interface (310), while the scheduled time for the changeover is written to a control register (320) in the serial interface. When the time for the changeover occurs, the parameters are written to the PHY device (220) via a port (330) of the serial interface.

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